Sun, 30 April 2006
Sun, Apr 30 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #356 Funny tales of First Love and Romance are in the Basement this week -- beginning with George Randolph Chester's delightful romp from sometime between 1905 and 1915 -- 'Especially Men.' Time: approx forty-one and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 29 April 2006
Sat, Apr 29 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #355 George Ade tells a sad story from 1899, 'The Fable of the Slim Girl Who Tried to Keep a Date That Was Never Made.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 28 April 2006
Fri, Apr 28 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #354 George Ade tells us about two sisters, one hard-working, and the other lazy, who had very different ambitions in the Land of Opportunity (Chicago) in 'The Fable of Sister Mae, Who Did as Well as Could Be Expected' from 1899.  Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 27 April 2006
Thu, Apr 27 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #353 Thomas Bailey Aldrich discovers that odd names on one side of the Atlantic may be ordinary on the other -- and vice versa, in the 1903 tale 'Fleabody and Other Queer Names.' Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 26 April 2006
Wed, Apr 26 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #352 Thomas Bailey Aldrich explains how sometimes authors are not the clever, scintillating wits they appear to be on paper when you meet them in person, in the 1903 essay, 'Writers and Talkers.' Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 25 April 2006
Tue, Apr 25 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #351 Thomas Bailey Aldrich throws a wild tale from his youth at us in the 1870 story 'One Memorable Night.' 
Time: approx seventeen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 24 April 2006
Mon, Apr 24 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #350 Thomas Bailey Aldrich's 'The Autograph Hunter' gives us the straight scoop on starry-eyed collectors of literary ephemera from back in 1903.  Time: approx ten minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 23 April 2006
Sun, Apr 23 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #349 Thomas Bailey Aldrich wrote literate poetry, serious novels, critical articles, and oblique humor from the 1870s up until his death in 1907. His 1903 piece 'On A Certain Affectation' explores a curious quirk of sensitive Modern Young People. It's pretty funny. Time: approx five and a half minutes Time: approx Four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 22 April 2006
Sat, Apr 22 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #348 George Ade sends us along on a slight errand, in the 1901 tale 'The Fable of The Brotherhood of States & The Wife Who Was Responsible for the Jubilee.' Time: approx four and a half minutes Time: approx Four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 21 April 2006
Fri, Apr 21 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #347 George Ade explains the social ramifications of learning a popular skill in 'The Fable of the Girl Who Wanted to Warm Up When It Was Too Late' from 1904. Time: approx Four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 20 April 2006
Thu, Apr 20 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #346 Palmer Cox week ends with an educational experience from 1874 --'An Evening With Scientists.'  Time: approx four and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Palmer Cox Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/palmercox.html |
Wed, 19 April 2006
Wed, Apr 19 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #345 Palmer Cox lets us know the consequences of mishandling exotic weapons in 'A Masked Battery' from 1874. Time: approx eight minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Palmer Cox Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/palmercox.html |
Tue, 18 April 2006
Tue, Apr 18 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #344 Palmer Cox takes us on a whirlwind tour of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill in the 1874 story 'A Rolling Stone.'  Time: approx Four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Palmer Cox Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/palmercox.html |
Mon, 17 April 2006
Mon, Apr 17 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #343 Palmer Cox takes us on a lovely visit to the most incompetent Dentist in recorded history in the 1874 story 'The Countryman's Tooth.' Time: approx Four and a Half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Palmer Cox Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/palmercox.html |
Sun, 16 April 2006
Sun, Apr 16 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #342 Palmer Cox, famous for his creation of the characters 'The Brownies' had earlier made his reputation as a writer with his 1874 book 'Squibs of California' -- from that book, the crude, but funny tale -- 'Dining Under Difficulties.'  Time: approx Four and a Half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Palmer Cox Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/palmercox.html |
Sat, 15 April 2006
Sat, Apr 15 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #341 George Ade explores the idea that two can live as cheaply as one in his 1902 tale 'The Fable of How Economical Edward got His Quietus.'  Time: approx Four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 14 April 2006
Fri, Apr 14 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #340 George Ade fills us in on what kind of tunes the Best People are listening to in his 1903 fable 'The Kind of Music That is Too Good for Household Use.' Time: approx three and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 14 April 2006
Fri, Apr 14 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #339 It's LEFTOVER WEEK in the Basement, featuring stories that were picked for previous themes but never used. Not exactly a story, but more of an essay, Stephen Leacock takes apart what makes us laugh in his 1916 piece, 'Humor as I See It.' Time: approx nineteen and a half minutes Time: approx twenty minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stephen Leacock Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Leacock_Stories.html Also, do check out the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor web site at: http://leacock.ca |
Wed, 12 April 2006
Wed, Apr 12 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #338 It's LEFTOVER WEEK in the Basement, featuring stories that were picked for previous themes but never used. Sometimes beggars CAN be choosers, as we see in C. B. Lewis's 1875 story, 'A Bribe.' Time: approx two minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
Tue, 11 April 2006
Tue, Apr 11 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #337 It's LEFTOVER WEEK in the Basement, featuring stories that were picked for previous themes but never used. Today we learn how to handle a husband in Fanny Fern's 1853 tale, 'Mrs. Croaker.' Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html |
Mon, 10 April 2006
Mon, Apr 10 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #336 It's LEFTOVER WEEK in the Basement, featuring stories that were picked for previous themes but never used. We love stories about that new-fangled invention, the telephone. We've got one in George W.Peck's 1882 tale 'A Bald-Headed Man Most Crazy.' Time: approx five and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George W. Peck Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/georgewpeck.html |
Sun, 9 April 2006
Sun, Apr 09 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #335 It's LEFTOVER WEEK in the Basement, featuring stories that were picked for previous themes but never used. Today's tale of mixed up multiple marriages was written by Max Adeler in 1875 -- 'Extinguished Sparks.' Time: approx four and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html |
Sat, 8 April 2006
Sat, Apr 08 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #334 George Ade brings us a short but revealing look at what it takes to win a Beauty Contest in the 1899 tale 'The Fable of the Lawyer Who Brought in a Minority Report.' Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 7 April 2006
Fri, Apr 07 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #333 George Ade brings us a fable about 'The High Art That Was a Little Too High for the Vulgarian Who Paid the Bills' from 1903. You'll laugh. This one is Ade at his best.  Time: approx seven and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 6 April 2006
Thu, Apr 06 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #332 M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) was an early practioner of brutal, violent, slapstick humorous writing. Sometimes he went overboard (well, somebody did) as you'll find out in his 1875 tale, 'Going to Pic-Nics.' Time: approx five and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
Wed, 5 April 2006
Wed, Apr 05 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #331 From 1875, C. B. Lewis shuffles off to see the Natural Wonders of 'Niagara Falls' and comes to an intriguing conclusion. Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
Tue, 4 April 2006
Tue, Apr 4 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #330 Sometimes travel can broaden one's perspective. C. B. Lewis's dark comic piece, 'He Goes West' from 1875 demonstrates just how oblique that perspective can be.  Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
Mon, 3 April 2006
Mon, Apr 03 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #329 M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) spins a nastily horrifying tale of a pushy mother who gets exactly what she's asking for in the 1875 story 'The Head Writer.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
Sun, 2 April 2006
Sun, Apr 02 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #328  M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) first attained fame for his darkly humorous account of 'How It Feels to be Blown Up' based on an actual riverboat explosion he had been in. 'Up Among the Splinters' is a reprinting of that hilarious story featured in Lewis's 1875 book 'Quad's Odds.' Time: approx ten minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
Sat, 1 April 2006
Sat, Apr 01 2006
Mister Ron's Basement #327 George Ade explores Perspective in the clash between the very rich and the working class in 'The Fable of the Misdirected Sympathy and the Come-Back of the Proud Steam-Fitter' from 1904. Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
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